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Released
1987 · FILM

The Samurai

Directed by
Runtime
45 min
Language
JA
AnimationActionComedy
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

Takeshi Chimatsuri is a sixteen-year-old high school student who has dedicated himself to becoming a master samurai in the footsteps of his father. His life takes an unexpected turn when the Toki twins, two ninja sisters he has known since childhood, transfer to his school and challenge him to reclaim their family dagger from him. The twins discover Takeshi's greatest vulnerability: his fear of the naked female body. To overcome this weakness, Takeshi undergoes special training from his classmates Atsuko and Torai, as well as his teacher, Miss Ayatsugi, to withstand the combined physical strength of Akari and the seductive influence of her twin sister, Kagiri. The classroom dynamic becomes increasingly chaotic as the three continue to clash with one another.

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Principal cast & crew: 20

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Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Sachiko MikiShot by Yosuke MoriguchiScored by Kohei Tanaka

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